Syrup-percolator.



W. N. BLLEDGE.

SYRUP PERGOLATOR.

' Y APPLICATION FILED MAY 1B. 1911.

' 1,026,500, Patented May 14, 1912.

WILLIAM N. ELLEDGE, OF BEEVILLE, TEXAS.

SYRUP-PERC OLAT OR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1d, 1912?.

Application filed May 18, 1911. Serial No. 628,015.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM N. ELLEDGE; a citizen of t-he United States, residing at Beeville, in the county of Bee and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Syrup -Percolators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to filters, more especially to those that are employed for making syrup from sugar or any strong decoction from a solid substance which is in granular or leaf state, although the device might be used for filtering water; and the object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction of a device of this character. j

To this end the invention consists in the details of construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein- Figure l is a central vertical longitudinal section through the filter. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the filter proper; parts broken away.

In the drawings the numeral l designates the body which is by preference an upright cylinder of metal closed by a removable cover 2 of any suitable type and having a flat permanent bottom 3, and within said cylinder at about one quarter the distance from its bot-tom to its top is secured or fixed a grate 4 which may well be a metal member slatted or perforated with coarse holes or formed in open or skeleton shape in any approved manner, the same being surrounded by a solid ledge or iange 5. Through this grate is secured an upright air tube 6, whose upper end 7 is open at a point beneath the cover 2, whose lower end rests upon the bottom 3 and is provided with notches or openings 8, and whose body may have a vent 9 or several of them by preference just below the grate 4. It might here be stated that the purpose of this air tube is to permit the escape of any air that may be trapped with the syrup in the process of making it.

The filter proper best seen in Fig. 3 comprises a ring 10 of a size to fit loosely within the cylinder l and rest upon the flange 5, and two thicknesses of flannel 16 inclosing said ring on the upper and lower sides of the same and stitched together along the line 17 inside the ring and again along the line 18 outside the ring so as to leave a projecting margin 19 of flannel which rests against the inner face of the cylinder when the ring rests upon the flange 5. The center of the two thicknesses of flannel is pierced with a hole 20 of a size to pass loosely over the air tube 6. As the latter tapers upward slightly it will be obvious that when this filter is dropped downward in the cylinder the hole 20 fits rather closely around the outside of the tube 6, whereas the iange around the outside of the ring l0 fits always rather closely within the cylinder l. The outlet for this device consists of a spigot best illustrated in Fig. 2, which comprises a shank 25 rising upward at an angle from the lowest point of one side wall of the cylinder, and a spout or nozzle .26 extending at about right angles to said shank 25 but depending for a distance less than does said shank whereby the bottom 3 of the cylinder may be set upon a table and the extremity 27 of said nozzle will not touch the same. The opening through this spigotmay be controlled by any suitable means, and herein is illustrated a screw plug 28 having a tapered inner end 29 tting against a seat 30 as shown. The advantage of using a spigot of this character is that it permits the entire device to be set upon a table or other at support without having the extremity 27 of the spigot come into contact with the same which might cause undue strain upon the spigot and would loosen its juncture with the cylinder l.

In the use of this device for filtering water, the parts are assembled as seen in Fig. 2 and water is poured in at the top; it lilters through the two thicknesses of flannel around the air tube 6, and accumulates in the lower end of the body; and from time to time it may be drawn off through the spigot which will of course be t-urned to project over the edge of the table or other support. But the principal use I make of this device is for producing a syrup from sugar. sugar is placed within the device upon the In this case granulated or other y filter, and water poured onto the sugar; and

the water percolates therethrough and filters through the filter proper so that strong syrup accumulates within the bottom which may be drawn off from time to time as desired. lVhen it becomes necessary to clean this device, the parts are separated and boiled in a manner which will be clear. l d not confine myself to the materials of which this improved filter is made, nor to their size nor proportion.

lVhat is claimed as new is:

l. In a syrup percolator, the combination with an upright cylinder, a spigot opening out of it at a low point, a grate of coarse mesh secured within and across the interior of said cylinder above said spigot, and an upright air tube fixed through said grate and opening within the cylinder above and below the grate; of a filter comprising a ring of smaller external diameter than the internal diameter of said cylinder, and two fabric sheets respectively above and below said ring and stitched to each other inside the salne and again outside the same so as to leave a margin which contacts with the interior of said cylinder, said sheets having a central hole into which said tube closely fits.

2. In a syrup percolator, the combination with an upright cylinder, an outlet opening out of' it at a low point, and a grate of coarse mesh securedv within and across the interior of said cylinder at some distance above said outlet; of an upright air tube xed through the center of said grate and resting upon the bottom. of the cylinder, said tube being provided with vents just belowsaid. grate and notches around its lower end, and a filter proper comprising a ring smaller than the interior of the body but adapted to rest upon the grate, and two sheets of flannel respectively above and below said ring, having holes through their center into which said tube closely fits and stitched to each other outside the ring so as to leave a projecting margin which fits closely within the interior of the cylinder.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

l/VILLIAM N. ELLEDGE. lVitnesses:

R. L. Cox, FRANCES PARKER.

Washington, D. C.

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